Hidden Wisdom in the Holy Bible, Vol. 1Quest Books, 2015 M04 8 - 230 pages This first of a two-volume abridgement of a Theosophical classic explains how a literal reading of the Bible misses rich concealed meaning, how Biblical symbols encode esoteric truths, and how Christ's life can be seen as an initiatory journey. |
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... eternal damnation . These trends observable in orthodox Christianity may be regarded as particularly harmful at the present period in world history ; for as a result of them the attention of Christians is diverted from eternal verities ...
... eternal damnation . These trends observable in orthodox Christianity may be regarded as particularly harmful at the present period in world history ; for as a result of them the attention of Christians is diverted from eternal verities ...
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... eternal truths mirrored in events in time . For them , illumined as they were , every material happening was alight with spiritual significance . They knew the outer world for what it was - the shadow of a great reality . They could say ...
... eternal truths mirrored in events in time . For them , illumined as they were , every material happening was alight with spiritual significance . They knew the outer world for what it was - the shadow of a great reality . They could say ...
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... eternal " ( John 12:25 ) , and " Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die , it abideth alone : but if it die , it bringeth forth much fruit " ( John 12:24 ) . The neophyte must become " the wheat of Christ , " as a Christian ...
... eternal " ( John 12:25 ) , and " Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die , it abideth alone : but if it die , it bringeth forth much fruit " ( John 12:24 ) . The neophyte must become " the wheat of Christ , " as a Christian ...
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... eternal . Mysterious and even contradictory though such a statement appears , it is nevertheless thought by all great mystics to be one of the greatest truths ever uttered . Apparently we are in the presence of a strange law . In order ...
... eternal . Mysterious and even contradictory though such a statement appears , it is nevertheless thought by all great mystics to be one of the greatest truths ever uttered . Apparently we are in the presence of a strange law . In order ...
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... eternal , indestructible and universal . The heavenly city , " the city of the living God " ( Heb . 12:22 ) is a symbol of the Augoeides ( Greek ) , the karana sharira ( Sanskrit ) , the Robe of Glory of the Gnostics in which the self ...
... eternal , indestructible and universal . The heavenly city , " the city of the living God " ( Heb . 12:22 ) is a symbol of the Augoeides ( Greek ) , the karana sharira ( Sanskrit ) , the Robe of Glory of the Gnostics in which the self ...
Contents
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25 | |
32 | |
The Reality Behind the Shadow | 51 |
Four Keys of Interpretation | 59 |
Part Four | 65 |
A Rosetta Stone for | 71 |
3 | 147 |
The Life of Christ | 148 |
6722 | 176 |
The Way of Holiness | 185 |
Index | 199 |
25 | 201 |
111 | 207 |
The Symbolism of Numbers | 111 |
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